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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe. At Andersen Consulting I had built computer networks and programmed in COBOL.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

View from Seed

Five international MBA programs also boast Unicorn founders, namely INSEAD (France / Singapore / UAE), IIM Calcutta (India), Vienna University (Austria), Tel Aviv University (Israel), and University of Otago (New Zealand) (Please note that I only included MBA programs, and excluded Masters in Science degrees). BlaBlaCar (France): INSEAD.

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What You Need to Know About Mobile Internet Users and Their Shopping Behavior

ConversionXL

Here’s what you need to know about mobile internet users and their purchasing behavior. In fact, a majority of smartphone shoppers across the 6 countries studied (US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, and Japan) purchase on their device at least monthly. Limelight Networks, Inc., Smartphones are the future.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

“Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Ninety-four percent of households are equipped with a computer and have Internet access (the others are still playing 8-bit Nintendo). We don’t have a ‘Paypal’ mafia, a Netscape brethren or an equivalent strong network in tech.

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To Better Understand Innovation, Measure The Right Things

YoungUpstarts

Most of society’s big innovations – from the internet and email to DNA sequencing and solar energy – were created within organizations (and not by entrepreneurs) in which leadership did not particularly ask for or encourage innovation. Consider a bridge built in Laufenburg, a town that straddles Germany and Switzerland. Conclusion.